27 de out. de 2009 · The D-Day invasion began on June 6, 1944 when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region during...
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
- 6 June 1944
- Five Allied beachheads established in Normandy
- Allied victory
Recently viewed. D-Day, 6th June 1944: The Official Story: Directed by John Doukas. With Queen Elizabeth II, Harry Secombe, Omar N. Bradley, Neville Chamberlain. Documentary, composed of archive material about the preparations and execution of the landing of Allied troops in Normandy.
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D-Day and The Normandy Campaign. On June 6, 1944, the long-awaited Allied landing in northern France began. Facing Hitlers Atlantic Wall, soldiers of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations landed on beaches in Normandy, beginning a campaign which lasted until July 24, 1944.
The Normandy Invasion was the Allied invasion of western Europe during World War II. It was launched on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. The success of the landings would play a key role in the defeat of the Nazi’s Third Reich.
Second World War D-Day D-Day, 6 June 1944, marked the start of the Allied invasion of Normandy, the greatest amphibious operation in history. Codenamed Overlord, this vast cross-Channel attack enabled the United Kingdom, the United States and their allies to land substantial forces on mainland Europe during the Second World War (1939-45).